This motherboard has the CPU socket on the back
I’ve had this idea in my head for years that it would be neat if a motherboard manufacturer built a board with all of the connectors on the backside of the board. It sounds foolish at first, but imagine how much more you could do in terms of cable.....»»
AMD Ryzen 7000 leak reveals two important features coming in 2022
AMD is rumored to be working on Ryzen 7000, which is set to launch in 2022 with a new socket, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, and onboard RDNA 2 graphics......»»
Customs and Border Protection Paid $700,000 To Encrypted App Wickr
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the Department of Homeland Security, recently paid encrypted messaging platform Wickr over $700,000, Motherboard has found. The news highlights th.....»»
Proctorio Is Using Racist Algorithms To Detect Faces
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Students of color have long complained that the facial detection algorithms Proctorio and other exam surveillance companies use fail to recognize their faces, making it difficult if not impossible.....»»
Congress Says Foreign Intel Services Could Abuse Ad Networks For Spying
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A group of bipartisan lawmakers, including the chairman of the intelligence committee, have asked ad networks such as Google and Twitter what foreign companies they provide user data to, over conc.....»»
Ask Slashdot: Is a Software RAID Better Than a Hardware RAID?
RockDoctor (Slashdot reader #15,477) wants to build a personal network-attached storage solution, maybe using a multiple-disk array (e.g., a RAID). But unfortunately, "My hardware pool is very shallow." I eBay'd a desktop chassis, whose motherboard c.....»»
NASA Has a Plan To Punch An Asteroid With a Spaceship To Protect Earth
A new NASA mission, called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission due for launch this summer, aims to launch a spaceship that will directly punch an asteroid. Motherboard reports: The mission's target is an asteroid system called Didymos.....»»
Biden Infrastructure Plan Promises Broadband To All Within 8 Years
One of the many promises made in President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan is to deliver "future proof" broadband to every home in American within eight years. It sets aside $100 billion to accomplish this feat. Motherboard reports: While spe.....»»
Containerize all the things! Arm v9 takes security seriously
Intel and AMD will need to keep an eye on Arm competition in their strongholds. Enlarge / There are two types of reactions to this marketing image: "ooh, shiny!" and "oh god no, all that particulate will get in the socket..." (credit: Arm) On.....»»
Intel 11th-generation Rocket Lake-S gaming CPUs did not impress us
Rocket Lake-S doesn't look like a very compelling gen-on-gen upgrade. Enlarge / Our test rig is a little more unlovely than usual, due to Asus' decision to entomb the CPU socket in surrounding high-rise heatsinks, with the system's RAM closing i.....»»
What Does a $6,000 Bottle of Wine Taste Like After a Year In Space?
PolygamousRanchKid shares a report from Motherboard: In November 2019, twelve bottles of Chateau Petrus 2000 -- a rare and expensive red wine from Bordeaux, France -- hitched a ride to the International Space Station aboard a Northrop Grumman spacecr.....»»
Why People"s Expensive NFTs Keep Vanishing
An anonymous reader shares a report from Motherboard, written by Ben Munster: When you buy an NFT for potentially as much as an actual house, in most cases you're not purchasing an artwork or even an image file. Instead, you are buying a little bit o.....»»
Stanford Scientists Reverse Engineer Moderna Vaccine, Post Code On Github
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Stanford scientists saved drops of the COVID-19 vaccine destined for the garbage can, reverse engineered them, and have posted the mRNA sequence that powers the vaccine on GitHub for all to see. T.....»»
T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T Stop SMS Hijacks After Motherboard Investigation
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: All of the major carriers made a significant change to how SMS messages are routed to prevent hackers being able to easily reroute a target's texts, according to an announcement from Aerialink, a.....»»
NZXT’s N7 is the most beautiful motherboard you’ve ever seen
NZXT's N7 series motherboards are designed for the neat-freak gamers, and feature a minimalist shroud designed to hide unsightly circuitry......»»
Venus Flytraps Have Magnetic Fields Like the Human Brain
An anonymous reader shares a report from Motherboard (Editor's note: the article was written last week based on findings published in January): [F]or the first time in history, a group of mavericks out of Switzerland have detected a magnetic signal i.....»»
A Security App"s Fake Reviews Give Us a Window Into "App Store Optimization"
A company that makes an email app that helps users encrypt their emails paid for fake reviews in an attempt to get more people to download its products, according to leaked emails obtained by Motherboard. An anonymous reader shares a report: The CEO.....»»
Surveillance Company Wants To Sell Over 15 Billion Car Locations To the US Military
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A surveillance contractor that has previously sold services to the U.S. military is advertising a product that it says can locate the real-time locations of specific cars in nearly any country on.....»»
Which legacy socket(s) accepted both Intel and AMD CPUs?
Are you old enough to remember Cyrix 6x86 CPUs?.....»»
Intel’s LGA CPU sockets explained
When building or upgrading your computer, knowing what CPU socket you have is very important. Here's everything you need to know about Intel's LGA CPU sockets......»»
What is a motherboard?
What is a motherboard, exactly? Although it's clear your motherboard is important, its purpose isn't as clear. Here's everything you need to know......»»